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Ann Leckie quotes: Information is power. Information is security. Plans made with imperfect information are fatally flawed, will fail or succeed on the toss of a coin. Information is power. Information is security. Plans made with imperfect information are fatally flawed, will fail or succeed on the toss of a coin.
Ann Leckie quotes: Odd people, as I said, and I owe them a great deal, though they would be offended and distressed to think anyone owed them anything. Odd people, as I said, and I owe them a great deal, though they would be offended and distressed to think anyone owed them anything.
Ann Leckie quotes: I was under no illusions as to my physical attractiveness. It was not such that it would inspire propriety-overwhelming enthusiasm. I was under no illusions as to my physical attractiveness. It was not such that it would inspire propriety-overwhelming enthusiasm.
Ann Leckie quotes: But the angrier you get the more painstakingly correct your speech becomes, But the angrier you get the more painstakingly correct your speech becomes,
Ann Leckie quotes: 'Star Trek' still - I'm kind of intrigued by the way that the standard foods of various non-humans are sometimes portrayed as downright disgusting. 'Star Trek' still - I'm kind of intrigued by the way that the standard foods of various non-humans are sometimes portrayed as downright disgusting.
Ann Leckie quotes: I'm Breq, from the Gerentate. I'm Breq, from the Gerentate.
Ann Leckie quotes: Virtues may be made to serve whatever end profits you. Still, they exist and will influence your actions. Your choices. Virtues may be made to serve whatever end profits you. Still, they exist and will influence your actions. Your choices.
Ann Leckie quotes: You and your ship will immediately familiarize yourselves with the guidelines for dealing with citizen civilians. And you will follow them. You and your ship will immediately familiarize yourselves with the guidelines for dealing with citizen civilians. And you will follow them.
Ann Leckie quotes: You can kill me, you mean. You can destroy my sense of self and replace it with one you approve of. You can kill me, you mean. You can destroy my sense of self and replace it with one you approve of.
Ann Leckie quotes: Virtue is not a solitary, uncomplicated thing. Virtue is not a solitary, uncomplicated thing.
Ann Leckie quotes: Now, I personally enjoy a really good footnote. Now, I personally enjoy a really good footnote.
Ann Leckie quotes: Children are all sorts of people, Children are all sorts of people,
Ann Leckie quotes: Civilian casualties?" I asked."There always are. Civilian casualties?" I asked.
"There always are.
Ann Leckie quotes: I think I made my first short fiction sale in 2005. I had been writing unsuccessfully before that. I think I made my first short fiction sale in 2005. I had been writing unsuccessfully before that.
Ann Leckie quotes: If anyone who speaks up to criticise something obviously evil is punished merely for speaking, civilisation will be in a bad way. If anyone who speaks up to criticise something obviously evil is punished merely for speaking, civilisation will be in a bad way.
Ann Leckie quotes: It was a proverb. Or half of one. Water will wear away stone, but it won't cook supper. Everything has its own strengths. It was a proverb. Or half of one. Water will wear away stone, but it won't cook supper. Everything has its own strengths.
Ann Leckie quotes: Things happen the way they happen because the world is the way it is. Things happen the way they happen because the world is the way it is.
Ann Leckie quotes: Let every act be just, and proper, and beneficial. Let every act be just, and proper, and beneficial.
Ann Leckie quotes: When I'm writing, I don't really have much other guide than, 'As a reader, how would I respond to this?' When I'm writing, I don't really have much other guide than, 'As a reader, how would I respond to this?'
Ann Leckie quotes: Singing together is something human beings just do, and there are hundreds of years worth of just European vocal music available to read and hear. Singing together is something human beings just do, and there are hundreds of years worth of just European vocal music available to read and hear.
Ann Leckie quotes: We sit here arguing, we can hardly agree on anything, and then you go straight to my heart like that. We must be family. We sit here arguing, we can hardly agree on anything, and then you go straight to my heart like that. We must be family.
Ann Leckie quotes: Falling didn't bother me. I could fall forever and not be hurt. It's stopping that's the problem. Falling didn't bother me. I could fall forever and not be hurt. It's stopping that's the problem.
Ann Leckie quotes: You do have a thousand years' seniority, after all.""A thousand years' back pay," said a dock inspector, in an awed voice. You do have a thousand years' seniority, after all."
"A thousand years' back pay," said a dock inspector, in an awed voice.
Ann Leckie quotes: Just how good of a citizen does one have to be" I asked, "in order to have water, air, and medical help? Just how good of a citizen does one have to be" I asked, "in order to have water, air, and medical help?
Ann Leckie quotes: Nineteen years, three months, and one week before I found Seivarden in the snow, I was a troop carrier orbiting the planet Shis'urna. Nineteen years, three months, and one week before I found Seivarden in the snow, I was a troop carrier orbiting the planet Shis'urna.
Ann Leckie quotes: I can't see potato chips being popular where there's not land to grow potatoes in or where frying in lots of oil isn't easy or convenient. I can't see potato chips being popular where there's not land to grow potatoes in or where frying in lots of oil isn't easy or convenient.
Ann Leckie quotes: We are all of us only human. We can only forgive so much. We are all of us only human. We can only forgive so much.
Ann Leckie quotes: No Justice of Toren medic would give One Esk a body with a voice like Breq's. Not unless she wanted to seriously annoy the Esk lieutenants. No Justice of Toren medic would give One Esk a body with a voice like Breq's. Not unless she wanted to seriously annoy the Esk lieutenants.
Ann Leckie quotes: Ifs and would-haves changed nothing. Ifs and would-haves changed nothing.
Ann Leckie quotes: The flower of justice is peace, The flower of justice is peace,
Ann Leckie quotes: I don't think anybody submits their first story and sells right away. I don't think anybody submits their first story and sells right away.
Ann Leckie quotes: In non-fiction, I found John Gardner's two writing books to be tremendously helpful. In non-fiction, I found John Gardner's two writing books to be tremendously helpful.
Ann Leckie quotes: Not tea but blood! Not tea but blood!
Ann Leckie quotes: Now that's something different! I'm not bored of buckets yet! Now that's something different! I'm not bored of buckets yet!
Ann Leckie quotes: I've always enjoyed making up stories, especially when I was bored and just sitting around. It got really serious after the children came along. I've always enjoyed making up stories, especially when I was bored and just sitting around. It got really serious after the children came along.
Ann Leckie quotes: Sit up straight, Dlique. Don't dismember your sister, Dlique, it isn't nice. Internal organs belong inside your body, Dlique. Sit up straight, Dlique. Don't dismember your sister, Dlique, it isn't nice. Internal organs belong inside your body, Dlique.
Ann Leckie quotes: In that case," I said, "go fuck yourself." Which she could actually, literally do, in fact. In that case," I said, "go fuck yourself." Which she could actually, literally do, in fact.
Ann Leckie quotes: No real endings, no final perfect happiness, no irredeemable despair. Meetings, yes, breakfasts and suppers. No real endings, no final perfect happiness, no irredeemable despair. Meetings, yes, breakfasts and suppers.
Ann Leckie quotes: I've been a fan of Jack Vance since before I was in high school. I've been a fan of Jack Vance since before I was in high school.
Ann Leckie quotes: I knew and cared nothing about the will of the gods. I only knew that I would land where I myself had been cast, wherever that would be. I knew and cared nothing about the will of the gods. I only knew that I would land where I myself had been cast, wherever that would be.
Ann Leckie quotes: If that's what you're willing to do for someone you hate, what would you do for someone you love? If that's what you're willing to do for someone you hate, what would you do for someone you love?
Ann Leckie quotes: It's always for show, Citizen. It is entirely possible to grieve with no outward sign. These things are meant to let others know about it. It's always for show, Citizen. It is entirely possible to grieve with no outward sign. These things are meant to let others know about it.
Ann Leckie quotes: I will share one of them with you now: most people don't want trouble, but frightened people are liable to do very dangerous things. I will share one of them with you now: most people don't want trouble, but frightened people are liable to do very dangerous things.
Ann Leckie quotes: Fortunately or unfortunately, NaNoWriMo requires you to write at a breakneck pace, so I got used to just pushing on through. Fortunately or unfortunately, NaNoWriMo requires you to write at a breakneck pace, so I got used to just pushing on through.
Ann Leckie quotes: I had learned to be wary whenever a priest suggested that her personal aims were, in fact, God's will. I had learned to be wary whenever a priest suggested that her personal aims were, in fact, God's will.
Ann Leckie quotes: 'Ancillary Sword' picked up the Locus and the BSFA, which surprised the heck out of me. 'Ancillary Sword' picked up the Locus and the BSFA, which surprised the heck out of me.
Ann Leckie quotes: If there was anything any Radchaai considered essential for civilised life, it was tea. If there was anything any Radchaai considered essential for civilised life, it was tea.
Ann Leckie quotes: Science fiction is huge and varied, and there's almost any sort of book or story you might imagine. Science fiction is huge and varied, and there's almost any sort of book or story you might imagine.
Ann Leckie quotes: I'd run straight into a bulkhead trying to walk and receive data at the same time ... I'd run straight into a bulkhead trying to walk and receive data at the same time ...
Ann Leckie quotes: Good necessitates evil. Good necessitates evil.
Ann Leckie quotes: We have a saying, where I come from: Power requires neither permission nor forgiveness. We have a saying, where I come from: Power requires neither permission nor forgiveness.
Ann Leckie quotes: Fuck, you are an ancillary! Fuck, you are an ancillary!
Ann Leckie quotes: You call that rest, do you?" asked Medic. "Up until the bomb went off, yes. You call that rest, do you?" asked Medic. "Up until the bomb went off, yes.
Ann Leckie quotes: Security is here to protect citizens. You can't do that if you insist on seeing any of them as adversaries. Security is here to protect citizens. You can't do that if you insist on seeing any of them as adversaries.
Ann Leckie quotes: I'd say my biggest influences are writers like Andre Norton and, particularly when it comes to the Radch, C.J. Cherryh. I'd say my biggest influences are writers like Andre Norton and, particularly when it comes to the Radch, C.J. Cherryh.
Ann Leckie quotes: You don't need to know the odds. You need to know how to do the thing you're trying to do. And then you need to do it. You don't need to know the odds. You need to know how to do the thing you're trying to do. And then you need to do it.
Ann Leckie quotes: Ships have feelings. Ships have feelings.
Ann Leckie quotes: It's the people without the money and the power, who desperately want to live, for those people small things aren't small at all. It's the people without the money and the power, who desperately want to live, for those people small things aren't small at all.
Ann Leckie quotes: And what is civilization, to you, but us being properly grateful to be murdered and raped and stolen from? And what is civilization, to you, but us being properly grateful to be murdered and raped and stolen from?
Ann Leckie quotes: There are two parts to reacting aren't there? How you feel and what you do. And its the thing you do that is the important one. There are two parts to reacting aren't there? How you feel and what you do. And its the thing you do that is the important one.
Ann Leckie quotes: The tyrant had said our backgrounds were similar, and in some ways they were. The tyrant had said our backgrounds were similar, and in some ways they were.
Ann Leckie quotes: Memory is an event horizon What's caught in it is gone but it's always there. Memory is an event horizon What's caught in it is gone but it's always there.
Ann Leckie quotes: I do realize the impulse to classify people by the food and art they consume is strong - sometimes I have to remind myself not to do that. I do realize the impulse to classify people by the food and art they consume is strong - sometimes I have to remind myself not to do that.
Ann Leckie quotes: I didn't get where I am by having reasonable goals I didn't get where I am by having reasonable goals
Ann Leckie quotes: If you're going to make a desperate, hopeless act of defiance you should make it a good one. If you're going to make a desperate, hopeless act of defiance you should make it a good one.
Ann Leckie quotes: It's so easy, isn't it, to decide the people you're fighting aren't really human. Or maybe you have to do it, to be able to kill them. It's so easy, isn't it, to decide the people you're fighting aren't really human. Or maybe you have to do it, to be able to kill them.
Ann Leckie quotes: Good, good. Always remember, Fleet Captain - internal organs belong inside your body. And blood belongs inside your veins. Good, good. Always remember, Fleet Captain - internal organs belong inside your body. And blood belongs inside your veins.
Ann Leckie quotes: The Internet really lets people connect that wouldn't have in the past, and lets conversations happen and connections happen. The Internet really lets people connect that wouldn't have in the past, and lets conversations happen and connections happen.
Ann Leckie quotes: Children are all sorts of people, aren't they, and I suppose if I knew more I'd find some I like and some I don't, just like everyone else. Children are all sorts of people, aren't they, and I suppose if I knew more I'd find some I like and some I don't, just like everyone else.
Ann Leckie quotes: Fuck! Is that what Special Missions is like? Fuck! Is that what Special Missions is like?
Ann Leckie quotes: Choose my aim, take one step and then the next. It had never been anything else. Choose my aim, take one step and then the next. It had never been anything else.
Ann Leckie quotes: I've seen music and songs used in stories, and while sometimes it works really well, often it doesn't. I've seen music and songs used in stories, and while sometimes it works really well, often it doesn't.
Ann Leckie quotes: When one is the agent of order and civilisation in the universe, one doesn't stoop to negotiate. Especially with nonhumans. When one is the agent of order and civilisation in the universe, one doesn't stoop to negotiate. Especially with nonhumans.
Ann Leckie quotes: To be Radchaai is to be civilised. To be Radchaai is to be civilised.
Ann Leckie quotes: From a child I was taught to forgive and forget, but it's difficult to forget these things, the loss of parents, of children and grandchildren. From a child I was taught to forgive and forget, but it's difficult to forget these things, the loss of parents, of children and grandchildren.
Ann Leckie quotes: Varden's suppurating cuticles," said Seivarden. "Lieutenant, Varden's suppurating cuticles," said Seivarden. "Lieutenant,
Ann Leckie quotes: People are who they are, because oft the world they are living in.The world is as it is, because of the people living in it. People are who they are, because oft the world they are living in.
The world is as it is, because of the people living in it.
Ann Leckie quotes: If you can't access it, all the resources in the universe won't do you any good. If you can't access it, all the resources in the universe won't do you any good.
Ann Leckie quotes: Any attempt to list the ten best science fiction novels is doomed to failure. Any attempt to list the ten best science fiction novels is doomed to failure.
Ann Leckie quotes: The 'science' in 'science fiction' isn't just physics and engineering. It can also be linguistics, anthropology, and psychology. The 'science' in 'science fiction' isn't just physics and engineering. It can also be linguistics, anthropology, and psychology.
Ann Leckie quotes: It had been, for both of our lives. Frantic action, then months or even years waiting for something to happen. It had been, for both of our lives. Frantic action, then months or even years waiting for something to happen.
Ann Leckie quotes: Writing was something I always as a kid thought would be fabulous and glamorous to be a writer. Writing was something I always as a kid thought would be fabulous and glamorous to be a writer.
Ann Leckie quotes: When I was a kid, I had no perception whatever that science fiction was supposed to be a boys' club. When I was a kid, I had no perception whatever that science fiction was supposed to be a boys' club.
Ann Leckie quotes: Have a beer instead. Have a beer instead.
Ann Leckie quotes: So much is metaphor, an inadequately material way to speak of immaterial things. So much is metaphor, an inadequately material way to speak of immaterial things.
Ann Leckie quotes: When I need to get away from my desk, I tend to take walks or go places. I also like to bead - working with beads to make jewellery. When I need to get away from my desk, I tend to take walks or go places. I also like to bead - working with beads to make jewellery.
Ann Leckie quotes: Betrayer! Long ago we promisedTo exchange equally, gift for gift.Take this curse: What you destroy will destroy you. Betrayer! Long ago we promised
To exchange equally, gift for gift.
Take this curse: What you destroy will destroy you.
Ann Leckie quotes: The point is, there is no point. Choose your own! The point is, there is no point. Choose your own!
Ann Leckie quotes: People don't riot for no reason. People don't riot for no reason.
Ann Leckie quotes: What, after all, was the point of civilisation if not the well-being of citizens? What, after all, was the point of civilisation if not the well-being of citizens?
Ann Leckie quotes: Unity, I thought, implies the possibility of disunity. Beginnings imply and require endings. Unity, I thought, implies the possibility of disunity. Beginnings imply and require endings.
Ann Leckie quotes: I've been surprised at the number of people who were really angry that I tried to convey gender neutrality by using a gendered pronoun. I've been surprised at the number of people who were really angry that I tried to convey gender neutrality by using a gendered pronoun.
Ann Leckie quotes: But I had never noticed that anyone profited from needless spite, But I had never noticed that anyone profited from needless spite,
Ann Leckie quotes: Sometimes it feels it's us and Ship against everyone else. Sometimes it feels it's us and Ship against everyone else.
Ann Leckie quotes: In the end it's only ever been one step, and then the next. In the end it's only ever been one step, and then the next.
Ann Leckie quotes: It's personal. It was just that with me personal affected a great many others. It's personal. It was just that with me personal affected a great many others.
Ann Leckie quotes: Good necessitates evil and the two sides of that disk are not always clearly marked. Good necessitates evil and the two sides of that disk are not always clearly marked.
Ann Leckie quotes: The natural environment of humans - space stations, ships, constructed habitats. The natural environment of humans - space stations, ships, constructed habitats.
Ann Leckie quotes: Libraries are a tremendous and valuable resource, and I'm note sure it's possible to have too many of them. Libraries are a tremendous and valuable resource, and I'm note sure it's possible to have too many of them.
Ann Leckie quotes: Governor Giarod was fairly good at not panicking visibly, but, I had discovered, not good at actually not panicking. Governor Giarod was fairly good at not panicking visibly, but, I had discovered, not good at actually not panicking.

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